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The Taffner Collection

Sale number: 370"The sale of the Taffner Collection at Lyon &amp; Turnbull in Edinburgh was one of those extraordinary landmarks in Scottish art market history that will be talked about for years to come." - Will Bennett, Former Arts Correspondent for the Daily TelegraphFor an American couple with no hereditary links to Scotland, Don and Eleanor Taffner developed a remarkable passion for Glasgow – and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gsa.ac.uk/">Glasgow School of Art</a> (GSA) in particular – after a chance meeting in the mid-1980s with Tony Jones, then Director of the School. He nurtured in them an interest in Glasgow and its art school, which they acknowledged with the creation of the Taffner Mackintosh Curatorship at GSA. They also supported the Mackintosh exhibition in 1996, particularly its tour of the USA, and provided funding to allow <a href="/artists/charles-rennie-mackintosh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mackintosh’s</a> White Room from the Ingram Street Tea Rooms (restored for the 1996 exhibition) to be shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.As collectors, the Taffners were blessed with a good eye and a decisive attitude. They took advice and made sure that each addition to their collection complemented the whole and brought something new to it. They rarely prevaricated over acquisitions and had great confidence in each other’s taste. Lyon &amp; Turnbull’s relationship with the Taffners goes back many years and our specialist in charge, John Mackie, had been selling to them since the 1980s.In conjunction with our colleagues at Freeman’s several trips to New York were arranged to catalogue, photograph and ship the items back to Scotland. From there they went on view in London at the beautiful Fleming Gallery in Mayfair where a series of talks and events were arranged. Afterwards, the collection returned to Glasgow School of Art where, in a packed private view, the Taffner family was able to witness the enthusiastic response of our Glasgow clients. Finally, the collection was transported to Edinburgh where the saleroom was decorated to complement the collection. The view was timed to coincide with the Edinburgh Festival to maximise the coverage and guaranteed that on sale day we had a packed saleroom. Alasdair Nichol, Freeman’s Vice Chairman and friend of the Taffners, was auctioneer at the sell-out sale, where several records were broken.

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John Mackie | Design Specialist - Lyon & Turnbull Auctions

393A - The Lingholm Collection - Main Interior

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including Borsi, Franco and Portghesi 'Victor Horta'; Durant, Stuart 'Christopher Dresser'; Aslin, Elizabeth 'E.W. Godwin: Furniture and Decoration'; Vergo, Peter 'Art in Vienna 1898-1918'; Harris, David A. 'The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright', and several other books and pamphlets (approx 115)

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